Comparing subjective well-being and health-related quality of life of Australian drug users in treatment in Regional and Rural Victoria

2014 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 651-657 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter G. Miller ◽  
Shannon Hyder ◽  
Lucy Zinkiewicz ◽  
Nicolas Droste ◽  
Jane B. Harris
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related

Overt and Subtle Discrimination, Subjective Well-Being and Physical Health-Related Quality Of Life in an Obese Sample

2014 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alejandro Magallares ◽  
Pilar Benito de Valle ◽  
Jose Antonio Irles ◽  
Ignacio Jauregui-Lobera
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Subtle Discrimination ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related

AbstractObesity represents a serious health issue affecting millions of people in Western industrialized countries. The severity of the medical problems it causes is paralleled by the fact that obesity has become a social stigma that affects the psychological health-related quality of life of individuals with weight problems. Our study, with 111 obese patients of a Spanish hospital, focused specifically on how overt and subtle discrimination is related to subjective well-being (affect balance and life satisfaction) and physical health-related quality of life. It was shown that overt (r = –.28, p < .01 with affect balance; r = –.26, p < .01 with life satisfaction) and subtle discrimination (r = –.28, p < .01 with affect balance; r = –.27, p < .01 with life satisfaction) were negatively linked with subjective well-being, and that there was a negative correlation between overt discrimination and physical health-related quality of life (r = –.26, p < .01). Additionally, it was found that overt discrimination was a mediator variable in the relationship between physical health-related quality of life and subjective well-being using the Baron and Kenny procedure. Finally, it is discussed the relationship between discrimination, subjective well-being and physical health-related quality of life in obese people.

scholarly journals Satisfaction with dietary life affects oral health-related quality of life and subjective well-being in very elderly people

2017 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 207-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toshimitsu Iinuma ◽  
Yasumichi Arai ◽  
Midori Takayama ◽  
Michiyo Takayama ◽  
Yukiko Abe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Very Elderly ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related

scholarly journals Life-orientation, Subjective Well-being and Social Support as Predictors of Quality of Life in Patients with End Stage Renal Disease

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 346-353
Author(s):  
Afsheen Masood ◽  
Fatima Kamran ◽  
Sumaira Rashid ◽  
Shama Mazahir
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Life Orientation ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
End Stage

Background: Psychosocial experiences such as life-orientation, subjective well-being and social support are punitive in determining the health related quality of life of patients in end stage of Chronic Renal Disease; also termed as End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD).Objectives: to investigate the phenomenon of life-orientation, subjective well-being, social support and perceived health related quality of life in patients with end stage renal disease. ESRD patients’ life orientation, social support and subjective well-being are significant predictors of their perceived quality of life that further determines their disease management and health status.Materials and Methods: This research has been laid out through cross sectional survey research design. The data was collected between the time span of Jan, 2016 to June, 2016. The sample comprised of 200 respondents from both gender, equally distributed within the age range of 50 to 60 years, going through last stage of ESRD and relying on dialysis from at least past one year or more. Indigenously translated WHO QoL, Subjective Wellbeing Scale, multidimensional Social Support Scale, Life Orientation Scale and a demographic information sheet was used to collect the data.Results: The results revealed that life orientation, social support and subjective well-being significantly and positively predicted the health related quality of life; greater social support and higher levels of subjective wellbeing after controlling for the effects of age, gender, income and education were found when the patients ‘carried optimistic and positive life-orientation.Conclusion: The current research findings therefore incriminate preemptive direction in understanding the phenomenon of life-orientation, social support, subjective wellbeing and health related quality of life in patients with last stage ESRD. This further embarks onto highlighting the insightful guidelines for health and clinical psychologists in devising management interventions, targeting the increased subjective well-being, and promotion of optimistic life-orientation in order to facilitate health related quality of life in the patients with end stage renal disease.Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science Vol.16(3) 2017 p.346-353

scholarly journals Calidad de vida relacionada con salud de empleados de una universidad pública

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 41
Author(s):  
María Olga Quintana ◽  
Claudia Figueroa Ibarra ◽  
Julio Alfredo García Puga ◽  
Vivian Vílchez Barboza ◽  
Katia Lorena Sáez Carrillo
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Tobacco Consumption ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Physical Role ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related

Introduction: Health-related quality of life is the level of perception that people having of their subjective well-being, considering their health, with measures of physical and mental well-being. Aim: to determine the level of health-related quality of life of employees of a public university of Hermosillo, Mexico. Methodology: quantitative study, transversal and comparative. The sample consisted of 62 participants. Data collection instrument: Questionnaire of biosociodemographic variables and work, and SF 36. The IBM SPSS version 22 was used for the statistical analysis. The U Mann-Whitney test was used to compare two groups, and Spearman correlation was utilized to explore correlations between variables. The significance level admitted was 0.05. We had the support of the University Ethics Committee and an informed consent was elaborated. Results: 51.6% were men, mean age and age were 45.5 (SD = 10.3) and 17.2 (SD = 9.4) respectively, 40.3% perform administrative activities, 75.8% consumed tobacco. The dimension physical role was the best evaluated with an average of 96.8 (SD = 17.8) and general health was the one that had the lowest average with 73.4 (SD = 14.2), tobacco consumption and physical role are related (p = 0.0210), physical function (p = 0.0261) and social function (p = 0.0466) showed differences by sex. Conclusion: most of the dimensions of the health-related quality of life of employees are within the parameters of normality. However, the need for an intervention from the employees’ health services is evident, here the health team may contribute to increasing aspects of occupational health. 

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